Developed by the International Aerospace Quality Group (IAQG), AS9100 is a dedicated quality management standard for the aerospace sector. Based on ISO 9001:2015, it incorporates unique characteristics of aerospace and defense industries, supplemented with hundreds of industry-specific control requirements. Focusing on high safety, high reliability, full traceability and product safety control of aerospace products, it serves as a universal quality management access standard for global aerospace supply chains.
1. Core Coverage of Certification
The AS9100 quality management system covers the entire business operation process of aerospace enterprises. On the basis of general quality management requirements, it adds exclusive control clauses for the aerospace industry. The core control links are listed as follows:
Quality Policy and Objective Management: Formulate quality policies and quantified quality objectives matching supply chain demands in line with industrial supervision requirements, and integrate quality management requirements into daily enterprise operation in an all-round way;
Standardized Resource Control: Carry out standardized management of software and hardware resources including production and testing equipment, human resources, raw materials and measuring instruments to meet basic resource compliance requirements for aerospace product production and testing;
Full Life Cycle Process Control: Cover the whole process including product design and development, procurement management, production and manufacturing, delivery and after-sales maintenance, and strengthen process monitoring on key processes and special processes;
Industry-specific Quality Control: Mandatory aerospace industry requirements are added, including product safety management, change management, risk management, human factor control, nonconforming product control and full-process product traceability;
Closed-loop Continuous Improvement Management: Standardize the whole process of customer demand docking, internal and external audits, correction and prevention of nonconformities and closed-loop rectification of quality problems, so as to establish a long-term mechanism for quality management improvement.
2. Audit and Service Features
We conduct audits in accordance with the latest valid AS9100 Revision D (equivalent to EN9100:2018) standard and strictly follow the PDCA (Plan-Do-Check-Act) cycle. The standard audit procedure includes document review, on-site audit, nonconformity rectification and effectiveness verification. Our certification services cover the full life cycle of the management system:
Initial Certification: Conduct two-stage audits to comprehensively verify the document conformity and on-site operation effectiveness of enterprise quality management systems, and confirm that the system meets AS9100 standards and relevant customer requirements;
Annual Surveillance Audit: Implement annual surveillance audits within the certificate validity period to verify the continuous and stable operation of the system, ensure system implementation and maintain certificate validity;
Recertification Upon Expiry of Three-year Term: Carry out comprehensive recertification audits when the three-year certificate expires, evaluate the overall operation performance of the system in full dimension, and complete certificate renewal.
All auditors hold professional aerospace industry audit qualifications, and are familiar with domestic and international aerospace supply chain audit rules and quality requirements of main OEMs. All audits are objective, impartial and procedure-compliant. Certificates issued by us enjoy international mutual recognition and are widely recognized by the global aerospace industry.
3. Core Values of Certification
1. Standardize Internal Quality Management Processes
Optimize enterprise management processes based on professional aerospace industrial standards, remedy management deficiencies uncovered by general quality management systems, reduce potential quality risks and production scrap losses, improve product traceability system, and comply with industrial quality management specifications.
2. Meet Supplier Access Requirements of Aerospace Supply Chains
Mainstream aerospace OEMs including Boeing, Airbus and COMAC, as well as enterprises at all levels of supply chains, regard AS9100 certification as a basic threshold for supplier admission. Certified enterprises can meet basic qualification requirements for supplier audit in upstream and downstream supply chains.
3. Comply with Bidding and Industrial Compliance Requirements
Satisfy qualification requirements for government procurement, military supporting projects and special industrial bidding in aerospace industry, supplement essential bidding qualifications and support compliant business operation.
4. Enhance Market Cooperation Credibility
Demonstrate professional quality control capability to partners via high-standard and standardized aerospace quality management system, improve customer trust and consolidate market advantages in aerospace supporting business.
5. Align with Global Unified Aerospace Industrial Standards
Keep consistent with global unified aerospace industrial standards, meet factory audit and quality management access requirements of overseas clients, and support enterprises to expand domestic and overseas aerospace supporting businesses.
4. Scope of Applicable Enterprises
The AS9100 standard applies to all types of organizations across the entire aerospace supply chain, including aerospace parts processing, complete machine supporting, avionics manufacturing, aerospace material production, equipment maintenance, aerospace material trading, research and design enterprises and other production and service-oriented institutions. Regardless of enterprise scale, all organizations providing products or supporting services for aerospace and national defense industries are applicable to this quality management system.
Supported by standardized audit procedures and experienced industrial audit teams, we provide compliant, impartial and professional AS9100 certification services, helping enterprises build effective and compliant aerospace quality management systems to meet industrial operation and supply chain cooperation demands. Choose us for professionalism and reliability! Feel free to contact us to help your enterprise pursue operational excellence!